Coevolution: The change of two or more species in close association with each other.
-Modern Biology Textbook
It can be:
as microscopic as correlated mutations between amino acids in a protein.
as macroscopic as covarying traits between different species in an environment.
The concept of coevolution was briefly described by Charles Darwin in his book "On the Origin of Species".
-wikipedia.com
Convergent Evolution: Organisms that appear to be very similar such as a shark and a porpoise, but are not closely related at all.
-Modern Biology Textbook
Homoplasy - similarity in species of different ancestry which is the result of convergent evolution.
-wikipedia.com
Divergent Evolution: Two or more related populations or species become more and more different.
Here are examples of animals that have differentiated through time:
Merinda Lawrence & Lindsay Howard
The change of two or more species in close association with each other.
-Modern Biology Textbook
It can be:
- as microscopic as correlated mutations between amino acids in a protein.
- as macroscopic as covarying traits between different species in an environment.
The concept of coevolution was briefly described by Charles Darwin in his book "On the Origin of Species".-wikipedia.com
Convergent Evolution:
Organisms that appear to be very similar such as a shark and a porpoise, but are not closely related at all.
-Modern Biology Textbook
Homoplasy - similarity in species of different ancestry which is the result of convergent evolution.
-wikipedia.com
Divergent Evolution:
Two or more related populations or species become more and more different.
Here are examples of animals that have differentiated through time:
Merinda Lawrence & Lindsay Howard